from the official record of parliament, June 17, 2010:
Mr. Alex Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, I have here over 700 names of people from South Okanagan and other parts of British Columbia who are concerned about the fact that Canada Post has announced that it will be removing mail processing from local cities, [...]
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Canada Post Petition presented in Ottawa
Thursday, June 17th, 2010Rural RCMP Services: Statement in the House
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Mr. Speaker, federal policies restricting RCMP detachments from replacing officers on leave are placing hardships on communities in the Boundary area of my riding.
Climate Change Accountability Act
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 HELP SUPPORT BILL C-311:
THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT!
After four years of the federal NDP building and working to get this bill through Parliament, the final Committee Report will hopefully, at long last, be coming before the House of Commons this Spring (tentatively March 31st.) This House of Commons Environment Committee Report will be tabled and [...]
NDP Offers Relief from Outragous Credit Card Rates
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010In the midst of the current economic recovery, families in BC have had to resort to exhausting their life savings and, in many cases, borrowing money from credit and financial institutions to make ends meet. For a large number of constituents who find themselves unemployed, under-employed or recently laid-off, this often means being forced to [...]
Atamanenko Welcomes Passport Office to Open in Kelowna
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Castlegar, BC – The anticipation is mounting with the date of a new Passport Canada office opening soon in Kelowna BC for residents of the southern BC interior.
“My staff has been in conversation with Passport Canada and, based on that conversation, has had confirmed that an issuing office will be opening in Kelowna in early [...]
MP Atamanenko Meets with Medical Marijuana Support Group
Friday, February 5th, 2010BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko, met with members of the Grand Forks Medical Marijuana Support Group on a January visit to the Boundary town.
Members shared their stories of the challenges of their diseases such as cancer with Atamanenko, and their frustrations with unsuccessful prescription medications to treat their symptoms and conditions. Some members were [...]
Atamanenko Pleased that NDP EI Concerns will Finally be Addressed
Friday, October 9th, 2009Many families can hope for more this Thanksgiving weekend says Atamanenko
CASTLEGAR MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) stated Friday that he is pleased with federal Human Resources Minister Finley’s statement Thursday that the government will finally agree to the amendments to Bill C-50 that the NDP has been calling for - to ensure long-tenured workers [...]
Celebrity Raffle makes $1300 for Society
Sunday, June 7th, 2009Dick and Diana McLeod were the winners of the Castlegar & District Community Services Society Celebrity Raffle. The four of them enjoyed dinner together at the Black Rooster in Castlegar (hence, the black rooster in the photo). According to the organizer, Julie Leffelaar, the raffle brought in about $1300 for the CDCSS.
NDP MP Renews Stand Against Unethical Weapons
Monday, March 30th, 2009BC Southern Interior MP re-introduces his motion on abolishing depleted uranium arms
OTTAWA – NDP MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) – re-introduced his motion from the 39th parliament on Thursday, calling once again for the government to take a leading role in helping to abolish the use of depleted uranium (DU) in armaments and munitions. [...]
Atamanenko Calls for Veteran War Resister to Remain in Canada
Friday, January 16th, 2009Today, BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko called on Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Federal Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan to allow U.S. war resister Chris Teske, of South Slocan, to remain in Canada, following a negative Pre-removal Risk Assessment.
Atamanenko stated Friday: “With a negative ruling on Mr. Teske’s Pre-removal Risk Assessment (PRAA) [...]